I should confess that not only do I fail to fertilize my cactus (the thought never occurred to me) but I don't fertilize much of anything else either, with the exception of my bamboo in the stock tanks.

Armstrong bought up many of the locations of the now defunct Nurseryland where I worked for 10ish years in the mid 70's to mid 80's. Both the locations where I worked are no longer garden centers , and were not continued on as such by Armstrong. Nurseryland was a 30 store chain at one time with locations in Texas,under the Wolfs brand,and Arizona known as Tip-Top, as well as the stores in San Diego and Orange County. As I recall, our best store was in Del Mar, which I believe is now an Armstrongs.

That asparagus is one I would grow if it were hardy for me, or maybe if I didn't have so many plants already in the house and greenhouse. Obviously I don't have the same control with tree ferns. Unfortunately the "retrofractus" isn't tickling my funny bone as it does yours. I feel like I'm missing out.

Armstrongs struggled during the drought. Their plants have been much better this year. Fun to see a familiar store from a fresh perspective. Their succulents plants are on the pricey side, but they had a big selection of Leucadendrons this spring. :)